The M 402 Minesweeper (Minensuchboot) was built in the 1940s
by Rotterdamsche
Droogdok Mij shipyard located in Rotterdam, The Netherlands as a minesweeper or escort vessel for the Kriegsmarine.

Construction was transverse frame of steel construction,
which was partly welded, this vessel also had eleven watertight
compartments and a double bottom with hard chine foreship and tug stern. The superstructure, Bridge etc was armored
up to 10 mm in thickness. The propulsion system installed
in these vessels was the two vertical three cylinder triple
expansion engines. And when used as minesweepers the Kabel
Fern Raum Gerat (KFRG) system was employed, which used generators
producing 60 V, 20 kW to power the magnetic sweeping gear.

This vessel went on to serve in the 24. Minensuchflottille during World
War II.

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